For fans of Margo Cilker’s splendid 2021 debut Pohoryville there’s good news. The follow-up to that album, Valley of Heart’s Delight, offers eleven more songs in the same rich musical vein. Acoustic guitar, bass and drums are joined most prominently,…
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Album | Quitter – Monument Road
Having a sense of humour in the music business helps, and Kenny Bates, who trades as Quitter, definitely has one. Which is why his album Monument Road has been credited with being recorded in, “flats, homes, cupboards, bedrooms and burnt…
Album | Woods – Perennial
Perennial means to last eternally, to return time and time again with each year, to flower, or to emerge with the seasons. It’s an apt moniker for this new release from Brooklyn psych/folk ensemble Woods, who seem almost organic themselves.…
Album | Buck Meek – Haunted Mountain
It’s hard to mention Buck Meek without also mentioning Big Thief, his critically acclaimed folk group whose shivering melody lines and uncanny lyrical turns have earned them an almost supernatural status amongst fans and critics alike. But this album isn’t…
Album | Our Broken Garden – Blind
It’s been thirteen years since Anna Brønsted’s band Our Broken Garden released their last album, the swooning Golden Sea. For the longest time, it seemed even to Brønsted as if the record – critically-acclaimed though it was – would be their…
Album | Clementine Valentine – The Coin that Broke the Fountain Floor
Worlds collide on Clementine Valentine’s new album The Coin that Broke the Fountain Floor. Creating a sound that combines synths with guitars and layers of vocals, Clementine and Valentine Nixon construct a hybrid based on song stylings that go back…
Album | Caitlin Canty – Quiet Flame
It’s a bold move to put your catchiest song near the end of an album, where fickle listeners might well miss it. But on her new record, Caitlin Canty takes that chance. It is, indeed, a gentle and generous boldness…
Album | Gregory Alan Isakov – Appaloosa Bones
Gregory Alan Isakov is one talented fellow. He writes bruising songs, sings in a weathered voice and has a knack for writing a melody that stays with you for a long time. He also has heart, a deep lying sense…
Album | Anna Tivel – Outsiders (Live in a Living Room)
Introspection. That moment when we sit down on the sofa and are alone with our thoughts, when we delve down into the depths of our emotions, mull over memories and are reminded of our inner battles. When we decide to…
Album | Bonnie “Prince” Billy – Keeping Secrets Will Destroy You
Will Oldham seems to have a million personas, with Bonnie “Prince” Billy being the one he returns to most often. More than that, he records in so many styles, with so many people, it’s sometimes hard to know what to…